Stephan Koplowitz Explained

Stephan Koplowitz
Birth Date:	1956
Birth Place:	Washington, D.C.
Nationality:	American
Spouse:	Jane Otto
Known For:	contemporary dance site-specific art media arts
Training:	Wesleyan University (BA music composition) University of Utah (MFA Modern Dance Choreography)
Awards:	Alpert Award in the Arts Bessie Award Guggenheim Fellowship

Stephan Koplowitz is a director and choreographer and media artist specializing in site-specific multimedia performances. Since the 1980s, Koplowitz, an international site artist and former Dean of Dance at CalArts,^[1] has dedicated himself to site-specific work. He has made work on and for the steps of the New York Public Library, in the halls of London’s Natural History Museum, in a German factory, and in the windows of Grand Central Station^[2] Koplowitz was one of 14 artists included in the book Site Dance: Choreographers and the Lure of Alternative Spaces edited by Melanie Kloetzel and Carolyn Pavlik, published by Florida University Press, 2011^[3] In 2022, Koplowitz's book, On Site - Methods for Site-Specific Performance Creation was published by Oxford University Press: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/on-site-9780197515242?cc=us&lang=en&

Awards and fellowships

• 2017 – Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Residency Fellowship^[4]
• 2015 – The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation and The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Choreographic Commission^[5]
• 2014 – ColumbusAlive.com named Sullivant Travels, by Stephan Koplowitz, Best Dance of 2014^[6]
• 2013 – Houston Press, awarded Natural Acts in Artificial Water, Best Ensemble Production of 2013^[7]
• 2010 – Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Utah^[8]
• 2007 Boston Globe named Koplowitz’ (iseea) one of the ten best dance works of 2007
• 2004 Alpert Award in the Arts^[9]
• 2003 Guggenheim Fellowship in Choreography ^[10]
• 2003 Dance Theater Workshop’s Artist Resource and Media Laboratory Fellowship
• 2000 New York Dance and Performance Awards (“Bessie”)^[11]
• 1996 – Time Out Magazine’s Best Dance Production Award to Genesis Canyon
• 1994 – Distinguished Alumnus Award from Wesleyan University (class of 1979)^[12]

Selected works

• 2018 The Beginning as part of The Northfield Experience
• 2018 Past the Past as part of The Northfield Experience
• 2018 Reading Time as part of The Northfield Experience
• 2018 The Northfield Experience (production) – Commissioned by St. Olaf and Carleton Colleges in association with the city of Northfield, Minnesota^[13]
• 2018 – Mill Town – Commissioned by the Bates Dance Festival^[14]
• 2017 – Occupy (a site-specific journey through an urban garden)Commissioned by the AXIS Dance Company, co-presented with the Dancers' Group and Yerba Buena Gardens Festival^[15]
• 2015 – Play(as) As part of Trolley Dances 2015, Commissioned by the San Diego Dance Theater^[16]
• 2014 – The Past is Up (Sullivant's Travels)
• 2014 – Horizon Time (Sullivant's Travels)
• 2014 – Learn, Capture, Repeat (Sullivant's Travels)
• 2014 – One Way: A Telematic Trio (Sullivant's Travels - A site-specific journey through the mind of a building-Commissioned by The Ohio State University Department of Dance and College of Arts and Sciences^[17]
• 2013 – Red Line Time, a site-adaptive durational performance for all fourteen stations of LA Metro’s Red Line^[18]
• 2013 – lines, tides, shores… A site-specific performance in three sections for the Cudahy Gardens, Milwaukee Art Museum ^[19]
• 2013 – The Current Past, A site-specific performance for the North Point Water Tower, Milwaukee, WI^{[20] [19]}
• 2012 – Natural Acts in Artificial Water, part of Stephan Koplowitz: TaskForce ^[21]
• 2012 The Chair Yields Gustavus Adolphus College,^[22]
• 2012 in situ, Eckman Mall, Gustavus Adolphus College^[22]
• 2012 The Old New Thing for the Torrey Atrium, Warren & Donna Beck Academic Hall, Gustavus Adolphus College^[22]
• 2012 (Re)Fraction, A site-specific performance in lighted windows of Christ Chapel, Gustavus Adolphus College^[22]
• 2009 Taskforce: Liquid Landscapes UK ^{[23] [24]}
• 2008 Five Entrances into a War Machine ^[25]
• 2008 Taskforce: Liquid Landscapes LA ^[26]
• 2008 Taskforce: Mapping IdyllWild ^[27]
• 2007 Revealed at Amherst ^[28]
• 2007 iseea ^{[29] [30]}
• 2006 Revealed (NYC) ^[31]
• 2006 A Walk Between Two Worlds ^[32]
• 2005 Light Lines ^[33]
• 2004 The Grand Step Project ^[34]
• 2003 Terrarium ^[35]
• 2001 (In)Formations ^{[36] [37]}
• 2000 Aquacade for Asphalt Green
• 1999 Kokerei Projekt: Kohle Korper ^[38]
• 1999 Fenestrations2 ^[39]
• 1998 Babel Index ^[40]
• 1998 War with the Newts ^[41]
• 1997 Webbed Feats ^{[42] [43]}
• 1996 Genesis Canyon ^[44]
• 1996 Off the Walls ^[45]
• 1993 Thicker Than Water ^[46]
• 1991 The Governed Body ^[47]
• 1990 Fall Weather Friend ^[48]
• 1989 Big Thirst ^[49]
• 1987 Fenestrations ^[50]
• 1986 Untitled (Ethiopia Suite)
• 1986 Famished ^[51]
• 1985 I’m Growing ^[52]
• 1983 – Heart Throb Theater ^[53]

External links

• Official Website
• Youtube Channel
• Photobooth

Notes and References

1. Web site: A new chapter for CalArts dance dean Stephan Koplowitz. August 31, 2016.
2. Web site: In Practice: Stephan Koplowitz on Making Site Work. dancersgroup.org. June 26, 2019.
3. Book: 10.5744/florida/9780813034003.001.0001. Site Dance. 2011. Kloetzel. Melanie. Pavlik. Carolyn. 9780813034003.
4. Web site: The Rockefeller Foundation Announces Selected Bellagio Center Resident Fellows.
5. Web site: Six $50,000 Commissions for Choreographers Awarded by the Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
6. News: Year-In-Review: Best of theatre and dance. Jay . Weitz . Columbus Alive. 2017-02-18. en.
7. Web site: Best Ensemble Production: Stephan Koplowitz's "Natural Acts in Artificial Water" . Houston Press. 2017-02-18.
8. Web site: Stephan Koplowitz . Dance.utah.edu . 2011-12-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111117192306/http://www.dance.utah.edu/index.php/people/detail/402/ . 2011-11-17 .
9. Web site: CalArts Alpert Award in the Arts . Alpertawards.org . 2011-12-16 . dead . https://archive.today/20120728162423/http://www.alpertawards.org/archive/winner04/dance.html . 2012-07-28 .
10. Web site: Stephan Koplowitz - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation . https://archive.today/20120731084952/http://www.gf.org/fellows/8084-stephan-koplowitz . dead . 2012-07-31 . Gf.org . 2011-12-16 .
11. Web site: Big Surprises Enliven Bessie Awards . www.thefreelibrary.com. 2017-02-19.
12. http://www.wesleyan.edu/alumni/awards/distinguished/ Wesleyan University
13. Web site: Award-winning director, local businesses set stage for the Northfield Experience.
14. Web site: Dance review: 'Mill Town' movingly evokes humanity amid industry. Jennifer. Brewer. August 5, 2017. pressherald.com. June 26, 2019.
15. Web site: "Occupy" Is Not Your Average Site-Specific Work. June 21, 2017. Dance Magazine. June 26, 2019.
16. Web site: Trolley Dances brings site-specific dance from Waterfront to Balboa. Barbarella. Fokos. October 22, 2015. www.sandiegoreader.com. June 26, 2019.
17. Web site: Year-In-Review: Best of theatre and dance.
18. News: Dance performances at Red Line stations Friday and Saturday. 2013-04-04. The Source. 2017-02-18. en-US.
19. Web site: UWM Summerdances: Dancing outdoors with Stephan Koplowitz. Urban Milwaukee. 2017-02-18.
20. Web site: Stephan Koplowitz: Water Sight, Milwaukee/A Delectable Evening of Imperfection . Fortune's Pawn. 2017-02-18.
21. News: Review: Natural Acts in Artificial Water. Arts & Culture Texas. 2017-02-18. en-US.
22. Web site: 150 Students and Alumni to Perform Koplowitz's Our Place, In Place - Posted on April 16, 2012 by Matt Thomas '00. Gustavus Adolphus College. April 16, 2012. 2017-02-18.
23. Web site: STEPHAN KOPLOWITZ: TASKFORCE - Liquid Landscapes . Dartington . 2009-06-28 . 2011-12-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111001065131/http://www.dartington.org/arts/taskforce . 2011-10-01 .
24. News: Judith Mackrell . Dance preview: Stephan Koplowitz: Liquid Landscapes, Plymouth and south Devon | Stage . The Guardian . 2009-06-20. 2011-12-16 . London.
25. News: Sulcas . Roslyn . Dance Review - 'Breaking Ground' - On the Fly - Dances by Jonah Bokaer, Tania Isaac, Stephan Koplowitz, Gus Solomons Jr. and Nami Yamamoto . . 2008-10-06 . 2011-12-16.
26. Web site: Ann Haskins . Fluid Dynamics: Stephan Koplowitz and TaskForce - Page 1 - Stage - Los Angeles . LA Weekly . 2008-06-23 . 2011-12-16.
27. Web site: Salaam . Idyllwild Town Crier Online . . 2011-12-16.
28. Web site: Stephan Koplowitz: REVEALED at Amherst College | Amherst College . Amherst.edu . 2011-12-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111105020155/https://www.amherst.edu/museums/mead/programs/2007/revealed . 2011-11-05 .
29. Web site: Behind the Scenes @ Summer Stages Dance: (iseea) Stephan Koplowitz Friday July 20, 2007 . Summerstagesdance.blogspot.com . 2007-07-22 . 2011-12-16.
30. News: ICA series combines movement and the written word - The Boston Globe . Boston.com . 2010-05-23 . 2011-12-16 . Karen . Campbell.
31. Web site: Revealed by Stephan Koplowitz (camera obscura project) . dance-tech.net . 2009-08-25 . 2011-12-16.
32. News: Dunning . Jennifer . 'A Walk Between Two Worlds' Bridges East and West - New York Times . New York City;Vietnam . . 2006-05-06 . 2011-12-16.
33. Web site: 5/10/2005 - Waterfront Grand Opening Is This Weekend - Happenings . https://archive.today/20120728173938/http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_66686.asp . dead . 2012-07-28 . Chattanoogan.com . 2011-12-16 .
34. Web site: Sites Lines - Health News . redOrbit . 2004-12-02 . 2011-12-16.
35. Book: The atrium project : Terrarium [excerpts] (VHS tape, 2003) |date=March 2011 |publisher=[WorldCat.org] |isbn=9780813036939 |oclc = 057265348.
36. Web site: The New York Public Library . Press Information . Legacy.www.nypl.org . 2001-10-05 . 2011-12-16.
37. Web site: Dance Films Seen Through the Lens of Pro Sports at Kinetic Cinema | Move the Frame . Movetheframe.wordpress.com . 2009-04-02 . 2011-12-16.
38. Web site: Microsoft Word - kokerei_e_rez. . 2011-12-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120426052441/http://www.pact-zollverein.de/medien/_english/_pdf/press/ps1999/kokerei_e_rez.pdf . 2012-04-26 . dead .
39. News: This Week . The New York Times . Lawrence . Van Gelder . 1999-10-11.
40. News: Dance: The architecture of life . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/dance-the-architecture-of-life-1184548.html . May 25, 2022 . subscription . live . London . The Independent . Nadine . Meisner . 1998-11-13.
41. News: Dance Review – Watch Out for Those Newts: They're a Threat to the World . The New York Times . Jack . Anderson . 1998-05-12.
42. News: Dance Review – Street and Web Art Flow in Bryant Park . The New York Times . Jennifer . Dunning . 1997-09-19.
43. Web site: Webbed Feats . en . 15 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080318130133/http://webbedfeats.org/prod/welcome.html . March 18, 2008 .
44. News: Dance Genesis Canyon Natural History Museum, London . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/dance-genesis-canyon-natural-history-museum-london-1356299.html . May 25, 2022 . subscription . live . London . The Independent . 1996-10-02.
45. News: Dancers Turn Museum Into Moving Theater . The New York Times . Roberta . Hershenson . 1996-11-10.
46. News: Dance in Review . The New York Times . Jennifer . Dunning . 1993-10-04.
47. News: Extravaganza Can Thank State For Giant Stage . Chicago Tribune . Sid . Smith . 1991-09-13.
48. Web site: Towson State dancers offer lively diversity - Baltimore Sun . Articles.baltimoresun.com . 1994-04-25 . 2012-02-21.
49. News: Review/Dance; Troupe Performs Among the Dinosaurs and Such . The New York Times . Jack . Anderson . 1989-05-20.
50. News: Adventurous Performers in Unexpected Places . The New York Times . Andrew L. . Yarrow . 1987-10-09.
51. Web site: CalArts Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance Presents the 2009 Spring Dance Concert and Launches The Next Dance Company | CalArts . Calarts.edu . 2012-02-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120603172620/http://calarts.edu/news/2009-apr-6/calarts-sharon-disney-lund-school-dance-presents-2009-spring-dance-concert-and-launc . 2012-06-03 . dead .
52. Web site: Doing Double Duty . Homepage.mac.com . 2012-02-21 .
53. Web site: Heart Throb Theater is returning to Shire West . Deseret News . June 24, 1983 . 2013-10-10.